Overview
- A Federal Register notice sets the FY2026 refugee admissions limit at 7,500, which the administration describes as justified on humanitarian grounds or in the national interest.
- The directive gives priority to white South Africans and to other people deemed victims of illegal or unjust discrimination in their home countries.
- The change follows President Trump’s January 2025 order suspending the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.
- During a contentious May meeting at the White House, Trump accused South Africa of persecuting white farmers, a claim experts have challenged.
- A video presented by the White House to support those accusations was later shown to feature crosses from a 2020 protest rather than newly discovered graves.